I tried the 'raw food diet' to get healthy - Holy Crap!

Most important thing in raw food vegan diet is to get your amino acid fats, and of course protein. Most find that protein is easy, and the amino acids are more difficult. If you asked a tiger what does he want out of the meat he eats, he wouldn't say protein, it would be the fats. This could be why your feeling this way. Try to eat more avocados and coconut meat, you can also get Braggs amino acids to cook with. Taking some supplements such as b complex and flax seed oil might help as well. Best of luck to you.

See a doctor if you're that worried, don't ask for advice on an internet forum from people who have no idea.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1056657

Just because you have no idea doesn't mean that applies to everyone!

Ah yeah....like your average GP knows about cleansing protocols of the body...detox symptoms and overcoming a toxic load...yeah right mate...go to YOUR doctor and ask them!LMAO!

The advice given in this thread is sound mostly and the OP would be wise to listen - rather than run to the doctor.

Detoxing effects can be miserable OP - but take it slow...really you should have introduced a certain percentage of raw foods than go instantly into a raw food regime. The effects are less drastic and more copeable.

The average person has a high toxic load...and the lethargy and fatigue reported and seen in almost everyone is due to this IMO.

All one has to do is stop taking the obvious toxins they know of - caffeine/alcohol/sugar/nicotene/rec.drugs/white flour goods/processed foods.

Drink more water when you stop your addictions to crap.

The body is always cleansing - whether you implement it or not - you don't need any knowledge of cleansing to really rid yourself of awful symptoms. Just STOP putting in the mouth what is most harmful to the body. Drink plenty of fab quality water...and you're body will do the rest - which means you'll feel like a teenager again!

I once juiced for 3 days...fruit and veggies - no solid food at all - then did some enemas to help clear out the 'crap'...after just 3 days i felt so amazing.

We eat far too much crap and don't drink enough goodness.Optimal health is simple yet this world complicates it.

Your body is healing itself, keep at it, have fresh juice and get some Q10 with it, orange juice fresh will give you energy to keep going, blueberry juice fresh for eyes etc*check web for juice details/effects, also prayer helps, especially when others pray for you, really, check it out, so go and ask for prayer on lisalisa's prayer thread

Yeah dude...know what I'd do?...Do a dozen seaweed enemas and only eat sprouts from a blender for a week...oh yeah and don't forget to wash all your vegetables with a paste made from hydrogen peroxide and bat shit...and chant a lot...ooooohhhmmmm...

Ever wonder why all these mighty vegatards around here have all these problems and drink colloidial silver, bleach and shove an orgone generator up their asses once a week and do all this other fucked up shit?...you're gonna find out if you do this stoopit crap.

Eat a frikkin NORMAL diet...Meats, vegs, fruits...everything and anything that isn't a box of Ring Dings all the time...and take a damn vitimin....every wonder why all these wood fairies around here are mostly femmy bags of cottage cheese that get sick all the time and most pro athletes could run through a wall?...it's because they eat EVERYTHING. Do some hard work and eat a steak...

Salad is not food, salad is what FOOD eats...

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I have had the worse body aches/headaches/fatigue of my life. Every single injury I've ever had is bothering me now. I'm eating a wide variety of raw foods as well...but I don't think I can keep this up. Any advice? BTW, I lost 7.5lbs in 4 days.

If you get so sickish, weak and in trouble in just 4 days you must have been eating some real shitty foods before. Looks to me you got some withdrawal symptoms.How many burgers and soda's did you eat before?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1068718

Actually we've been eating fairly healthy the past few months. I think the problem may be that 4 days before beginning this diet we got back from a week long vacation. On the vacation we ate subway a lot but it was mostly fast food that we hit up.

I have had the worse body aches/headaches/fatigue of my life. Every single injury I've ever had is bothering me now. I'm eating a wide variety of raw foods as well...but I don't think I can keep this up. Any advice? BTW, I lost 7.5lbs in 4 days.

Quoting: Idgits

Idgits, are you on a 100% raw diet? I agree with other posters to go a little slower at first. Even though the foods are healthier for you, it's really hard on your system! The symptoms you described are most likely your body detoxing. Drink lots of clean water too!

See Gabriel Cousens suggests to minimize overt carbs in the beginning and to choose fats. Phase 1 only allows small amounts of berries (not blackberries tho) or grapefruit in a salad or with leafy greens. Phase 1.5 allows those fruits foods liberally with some grains if you like... only the special grains though. Phase 2 allows for everything else.

But if you want to do the faster cleanse, Dr. morse would have you do either a 40 days of just grapes or some equally powerful acid fruit, or acid fruit and melons. He would say just pick one fruit and eat of that for 40 days straight.

His all fruit diet though is only for cleansing and not to be done long term, it's only for cleansing.

OP go see a doctor first thing Monday. In the meantime, fix a proper meal with a fresh veggie salad, medium-rare steak and a few roasted red potatoes. It won't hurt to go get a few bottles of mineral water so your body can replenish your vital nutrients (you need minerals to process vitamins) and maybe take a good multi vitamin tab with the proper meal if you have some on hand. Eggs are a good choice for breakfast. Eat some yogurt too to replenish intestinal flora.

Yeah, I recommend slowly easing into it as well. I tried going cold turkey and I had the runs for a week. My butt was so sore I had to give it up. I couldn't take it. Next time, I'll ease into something like that instead of shocking my body.

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Oh come on! You don't miss eating 27 cows all ground together and burnt up?Wheres the brutally killing and slaughtering other live beings spirit OP?Get with it! Digesting blood, muscle, and body fluids is where it's at.Throw in a ton of pesticides and antibiotics and, now you're living.

Here! watch this. Narrated by a 70YO who we all know and who seems to be quite healthy despite his life long vegetarian diet.

But if you want to do the faster cleanse, Dr. morse would have you do either a 40 days of just grapes or some equally powerful acid fruit, or acid fruit and melons. He would say just pick one fruit and eat of that for 40 days straight.

His all fruit diet though is only for cleansing and not to be done long term, it's only for cleansing.

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40 days is long term. It would be crazy to try and survive on grapes and water for even a few days.

NOTHING WRONG WITH DETOX - it can be harsh at first !I have done the raw food diet and am not on it anymore. I recommend it for 3-5 months and then 75% raw and 25% cooked. Like veg soups grains/beans etc. Get a good juicer and make sure you are taking a good B12 everyday.I am a Holistic Nutritionist, I promise you will be ok.make sure you are taking something to help you cleanse your bowels and get those toxins out, you may also want to do a parasite cleanse.

NOTHING WRONG WITH DETOX - it can be harsh at first !I have done the raw food diet and am not on it anymore. I recommend it for 3-5 months and then 75% raw and 25% cooked. Like veg soups grains/beans etc. Get a good juicer and make sure you are taking a good B12 everyday.I am a Holistic Nutritionist, I promise you will be ok.make sure you are taking something to help you cleanse your bowels and get those toxins out, you may also want to do a parasite cleanse.

It is most likely a detox from your vacation diet BUT I have been on a long term primarily raw food diet (18 months) and IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!!! Genetics play a huge role in what foods we SHOULD eat. Some people require meat and eggs to live optimally. Raw foods are great for rebooting and regenerating your body but I have seen very few people thrive on this diet long term and I personally know at least 50 people who have eaten primarily raw foods ALL OF THE TIME.

I am an O blood type. I am 5' 6.5" and got down to 110 lbs on all raw foods. It was like I developed some body image disorder. Never saw myself as overly thin until I saw a pic of myself and thought WTF? How did I not see that I was fucking starving. Never felt "hungry" kind of starving but obviously was not getting what I needed.

best forms of raw protein:SpirulinaBee PollenHemp seedsChia seeds

nuts are difficult to digest (even if they are activated) for many people. don't eat much of them. also, one commenter said you might be getting too much fat, generally speaking, most people require LOTS of HEALTHY fats. Our brains are 70% fat and fat is required to build and restore cells. Often times there is too much SUGAR, including fruit sugar, in raw diets. Stick with as many greens as possible when eating raw.

I would not go into this diet/lifestyle on a whim. Occasional raw food fasts and cleanses ARE Wonderful, but don't get carried away. I have seen people end up with long term neurological damage because of this. Take care, OP!!!!

Look into the foods that agrivate RA maybe and stay away from them for a bit and see. E.g. Carrots and stuff are nightshade family. Can't really say other than that was my first thought, but I don't have RA and I'm more of a carnivore.